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For more than 30 years,Henrie Treadwell has been fighting for racial equity at the University of South Carolina, where she became the school's first black graduate since Reconstruction, the Charlotte Observer reports.
But after she left the university in 2003, she set up her own nonprofit to fight for racial equity in education and healthand now she's been named one of the "25 Most Intriguing African-American Women in America" by Time.
The honor comes with a $1 million donation from the William and Mary law school, as well as a spot on Time's list of the "25 Most Intriguing African-American Women in America."
The other two women on the list are activist Erica King and author/journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, both of whom were named in Time's list of the "25 Most Intriguing African-American Women in America."
Treadwell was a WKKF program officer from 1987 to 2003 and led one of the foundation's largest initiatives, Community Voices: HealthCare for the Underserved, which sought to increase equitable access to health care in 13 communities across the US.
She also founded Mothering Justice, "a family-friendly advocacy practices to provide parents of color across the country with support, tools, and resources to
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